「もう帰って来て」…母親の一言で9年間の海外逃亡から自首=韓国
”Come back now”... Mother's words lead to man turning himself in after nine years of fleeing overseas = South Korea
The head of a voice phishing organization who had been on the run overseas for nine years was arrested by police on the 14th of this month. According to Seoul Jungnang Police Station on the 21st, 10 police stations, including Jungnang Police Station,
The head of a voice phishing organization, suspect A (50), who was wanted by the police and prosecutors' office in Tokyo, was arrested nine years after he was placed on an international wanted list. On the 14th, the police arrested and identified suspect A at the airport.
He was arrested on the 16th on suspicion of fraud under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Economic Crimes and violation of the Electronic Financial Transactions Act. Since around May 2015, suspect A has been acting as an international adviser in response to requests for international assistance in the investigation of cases involving fugitives abroad.
He was a wanted man. Despite his passport having expired, he had been living in the Philippines as an illegal resident, and around 2017, he had illegally entered Malaysia and was living there. However, his mother told him, "I'm not going back."
Suspect A's wife, Suspect B (47), who traveled to the Philippines with him, is facing the same charges as Suspect A, but
He was arrested and detained by the police around October 2015. Suspect A is a "feedback" who is involved in voice phishing rings in Angeles, Philippines, and other areas, conducting iron scrap sales fraud and loan fraud.
He is suspected of defrauding a total of 42 people of 513 million won (about 586.2 billion yen) as a co-founder. Prior to this, around 2015, the police arrested 45 people from A's subordinate organization.
Of these, 10 have been arrested. The police said, "We plan to track down and arrest all organizations involved in voice phishing in the future," and expressed their intention to severely punish those involved in voice phishing crimes.
He made his thoughts clear.
2024/06/21 12:02 KST
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